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WWUS82 KRAH 300415
SPSRAH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1215 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
NCZ042-076>078-088-089-300515-
LEE NC-JOHNSTON NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-WAYNE NC-CUMBERLAND NC-
1215 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE
NORTHWESTERN
SAMPSON...HARNETT...NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND
SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EDT...
AT 1215 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SMITHFIELD TO NEAR LILLINGTON TO 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SANFORD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITHFIELD, LILLINGTON, DUNN, BENSON, GODWIN, ERWIN, COATS, FOUR
OAKS, NEWTON GROVE, AND WADE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 65.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 320 AND 347.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3531 7796 3517 7835 3517 7878 3542 7918
3548 7883 3552 7837
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 306DEG 21KT 3549 7843 3543 7877 3540 7907
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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